Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs
Rumfields Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2PW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Thanet Endeavour Learning Trust
- Executive Head
- Mr James Williams
- Federation
- The Federation of Bromstone Primary School and St.Mildred's Primary Infant School
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- East Thanet
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 407
- URN
- 118534
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01843867010
About this school
Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs is a foundation primary school in Broadstairs. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 407 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 58 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 35% | 52% | 33% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 64% | 51% |
| Expected standard in maths | 43% | 64% | 44% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 48% | 59% | 49% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 104.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 101.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 35% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 33% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 406 |
| 2023/24 | 416 |
| 2024/25 | 409 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs compares
Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs ranked 415th of 427 primary schools in Kent for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33% | 5.8% | 44% | 407 | — |
| Upton Junior School | 70% | 4.4% | 25.6% | 515 | 0.6 miles |
| St Mildred's Primary Infant School | — | 4.8% | 17.9% | 269 | 0.8 miles |
| Newlands Primary School | 70% | 7.6% | 65.1% | 257 | 0.8 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Broadstairs | 57% | 4.8% | 40.8% | 151 | 0.8 miles |
| Dame Janet Primary Academy | 72% | 7.8% | 67% | 291 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.01%
- English as an additional language
- 10.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.79%
- Persistent absence
- 16.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Upton Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Broadstairs
-
St Mildred's Primary Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Broadstairs
-
Newlands Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Ramsgate
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Broadstairs0.8 miles
Primary · Broadstairs
-
Dame Janet Primary Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Ramsgate
Other schools in Broadstairs
Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs ranks 6th of the 6 ranked primary schools in Broadstairs.
- Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School Primary
- Ramsgate, Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Broadstairs Primary
- St Mildred's Primary Infant School Primary
- St Peter-in-Thanet CofE Junior School Primary
- Upton Junior School Primary
- Dane Court Grammar School Secondary
- The Charles Dickens School Secondary
- St George's Church of England Foundation School All-through
- EKC Group 16 plus
- Stone Bay School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs teach?
- Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Broadstairs.
- Who is the executive head of Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs?
- The executive head of Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs is Mr James Williams, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs?
- Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs has 407 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs full?
- Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs has capacity for 420 pupils and 407 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs a faith school?
- No. Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs has no designated religious character.
- Does Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs?
- Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs is part of Thanet Endeavour Learning Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs have?
- The schools register lists Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs's special educational needs provision as: VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 35% in 2022/23 and 33% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs rank locally?
- Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs ranked 415th of 427 primary schools in Kent for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs's absence rate?
- Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.